Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Voting
To register to vote in Pennsylvania, you must:
- Be a citizen of the United States for at least one month before the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.
- Be a resident of Pennsylvania and the election district in which you want to register and vote for at least 30 days before the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.
- Be at least 18 years of age on or before the day of the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.
You must register to vote at the address where you actually live – your residence address. Owning property or a business in a county does not make you a resident of that county.
To register to vote:
- Fill out a voter registration application form.
- Your county voter registration office reviews the form.
- If your registration is accepted, you will get a voter registration card in the mail. The voter registration card will show your name, address, party affiliation, and the address where you will vote.
Voter ID:
The approved voter IDs with a photo are:
Pennsylvania driver’s license or PennDOT ID card
- ID issued by any Commonwealth agency
- ID issued by the U.S. Government
- U.S. passport
- U.S. Armed Forces ID
- Student ID
- Employee ID
If you do not have a photo ID they can also take this forms.
If you do not have a photo ID, you can use a non-photo identification that includes your name and address.
- Confirmation issued by the County Voter Registration Office
- Non-photo ID issued by the Commonwealth
- Non-photo ID issued by the U.S. Government
- Firearm permit
- Current utility bill
- Current bank statement
- Current paycheck
- Government check
You have 4 ways to register to vote. You can register:
- online
- by mail
- in person at your county voter registration office
- at PennDOT and some other government agencies.
For Felons:
You can register and vote if you:
- Are a pretrial detainee, confined in a penal institution awaiting trial on charges of a felony or a misdemeanor.
- Were ever convicted of a misdemeanor.
- Got released or will get released by the date of the next election from a correctional facility or halfway house. This must be upon completion of the term of incarceration for conviction of felony.
- Are on probation or released on parole. This includes parolees who are living in a halfway house.
- Are under house arrest (home confinement). If this is you, you can vote no matter your conviction status or the status of the conditions of confinement.
Who cannot register and vote?
You are not eligible to register and vote if you:
- Are currently confined in a penal institution for conviction of a felony and will not get released from confinement until after the next election. This is even if you are also incarcerated for one or more misdemeanor offenses.
- Are in a halfway house or other alternative correctional facility on pre-release status for conviction of a felony and who will not get released until after the date of the next election.
- Got convicted of violating any provision of the Pennsylvania Election Code within the last four years.
If you are in a penal institution, your residence for voter registration is:
- The last address where you registered to vote before confinement, or
- Your last known address before confinement, or
- A new residence established while confined. For example, if your spouse moves to a new address where you intend to live when you get released.
When registering to vote, you cannot use a penal institution or a halfway house as your residence address where you live. However, you may use these locations as an address to get mail [1]